Biography
Her triumphant win led to a Tony-nominated performance in Arthur Kopit's "End of the World" (1983) and a supporting role as a saloon keep in the revisionist Western, "Silverado" (1985), though opportunities later became few and far between. While she logged numerous film and television roles over the years, including a long-running recurring role as a judge on "The Practice" (ABC, 1996-2004), Hunt developed a second career as a busy voiceover …
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Career Milestones
| First began acting at age 12, in the summer program at the Silver Nutmeg Theatre in Westport, CT | ||
1966 | Moved to New York; worked as a director at the St. Bartholomew Community Club Playhouse | |
1969 | Returned to Westport and studied acting with Robert Lewis at Bambi Lynn's studio | |
1970 | Began association with the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT; starred in one-woman show of about Joan of Arc | |
1971 | Off-Broadway debut as the Player Queen in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Hamlet" in Central Park | |
1973 | First major role as Norah, the maid, in Arvin Brown's Long Wharf production of "Ah, Wilderness!"; production later moved to NYC's Circle-in-the Square on Broadway; also aired on PBS' "Theater in America" (1976) | |
1978 | First major TV appearance in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of Arthur Miller's "Fame"; role was written for her by the playwright | |
1978 | Starred in "The Tennis Game" at the Music-Theatre Group of Stockbridge, MA; written specifically for her by the author George Trow | |
1980 | Made film debut as fighter Oxblood Oxheart's mother in Robert Altman's "Popeye" | |
1983 | Had breakthrough screen role playing a man in Peter Weir's "The Year of Living Dangerously"; earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
1983 | Starred as agent Audrey Wood in Arthur Kopit's play, "End of World"; received a Tony nomination as Best Actress in a Play | |
1985 | Had supporting role as a saloon owner in Lawrence Kasdan's revisionist Western, "Silverado" | |
1987 | Portrayed Alice B. Toklas in Jill Godmilow's "Waiting for the Moon" | |
1989 | Had a supporting role, opposite Roseanne, in "She Devil" | |
1993 | First role as a series regular in CBS' "Space Rangers" | |
1994 | Began second career as sought after voice actor, narrating the documentary, "Ecological Design: Inventing the Future" | |
1995 | Provided the voice of Grandmother Willow in Disney's animated, "Pocahontas" | |
1996 | Narrated the Oscar-nominated documentary, "Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End" | |
1997 | Narrated the Oscar-nominated documentary short, "Amazon" | |
1997 | Played recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on the ABC legal drama, "The Practice" | |
2003 | Lent her voice to the mysterious Management in the HBO original series, "Carnivàle" | |
2005 | Co-starred with Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo in the remake of "Yours, Mine and Ours" | |
2005 | Portrayed Sister Aloysius in the Pasadena Playhouse production of John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt" | |
2006 | Co-starred, opposite Will Ferrell, in the Marc Forster comedy, "Stranger Than Fiction" | |
2009 | Cast as Hetty Lange on CBS' "NCIS: Los Angeles" | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Action Adventure | |
Awards
1983 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in The Year of Living Dangerously |
1983 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Year of Living Dangerously |
1983 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in The Year of Living Dangerously |
1983 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Year of Living Dangerously |
1983 | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Year of Living Dangerously |
1983 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Year of Living Dangerously |